Group calls allow you to stay in touch, while it became necessary to observe social distance.

Group calls allow you to stay in touch, while it became necessary to observe social distance.

WhatsApp, which sends messages over the Internet rather than via SMS, has become a popular alternative to text messaging and also allows you to make calls. In it you can make group audio or video calls with up to four people. WhatsApp is a good alternative to Zoom because it uses end-to-end encryption.

The application is available for both iOS and Android, so you can easily chat or call people, even if everyone has different phones. Although you can access WhatsApp from a browser or download the desktop version of the application, it is only possible to make and answer calls on mobile devices. You must set up an account in the application in order to use it.

One of the disadvantages of WhatsApp group calls is that you cannot switch group calls between audio and video after the session starts. To switch, you have to hang up and start the conversation again. Do not forget to subscribe to the channel of our technoblog in Telegram -https://t-do.ru/appdatemedia .

Although the interface in Android looks a little different than in iOS, the basic steps for making group calls are the same.

From the “Calls” section:

1. Go to the “Calls” section by clicking on the phone button at the bottom of the screen.
2. Press the button with the phone and the plus sign in the upper right corner of the screen.
3. Click New Group Call. This will open your contact list. You can search for them by entering the names of the people you want to add to the search bar at the top.
4. Add people to the call by clicking on the circles next to their names.
5. Press the phone button to start an audio call, or the video button to start a video call.

From group chat:

1. Click Chats at the bottom of the screen, and then select a group conversation to open it.
2. Click on the button with the phone and the plus sign in the upper right corner. The names of the participants in the group chat appear. Choose who to add to the call by clicking on the circles next to their names.
3. Press the video button to start a video call, or the phone button to start an audio call.

WhatsApp is currently releasing an update that will allow you to make calls directly from a group conversation with up to four people. Having opened the conversation, you can press the video button to start a video call, or the phone button to start an audio call immediately without intermediate steps

You can also add more people to a one-on-one call:

1. Click Chats in the lower right corner of the screen, and then click on a conversation to open it.
2. Press the phone button in the upper right corner to start an audio call, or the video button to start a video call.
3. After the person you called picks up the phone, press the button with the person and the plus sign in the upper right corner to add people to the conversation.

This will tighten your contact list. To quickly find someone, enter the name of the person you want to add to the call in the search bar at the top, which will filter the contact list. Click on the name of the person you want to add.

You can also get a popup asking if you want to add this person to a group call. Click Add to join the conversation.